Xiaomeng Qiao 乔晓萌

Research interests: Psychoanalysis, Chinese culture, gender & sexuality, queer studies, Buddhism

Education

PsyaD, Psychoanalysis, Society and Culture 2024–present
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP)
MA, Psychoanalytic Research 2022–2024
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK
MA, Game Design and Creative Practice 2011–2014
Communication University of China
BS, Geographic Information Systems (Minor: Psychology) 2007–2011
Beijing Normal University

Psychoanalytic Training (PTP), ICPLA 2023–present
Expanding Psychoanalytic Practice in Communities, APsaA / IPA / CFS 2025–2026
P-HOLE (Psychoanalytic Hub for Online Liberatory Education) 2025–2026
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Child & Adolescent), Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute 2020–2024
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Adult), International Psychotherapy Institute 2019–2021

2026 Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Outstanding Trainee Paper Award (Winner)
2025 APsaA Committee on Gender & Sexuality, Ralph Roughton Paper Award (Runner-up)
2025 ICPLA Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ+ Essay Award
2024 Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, Erika Schmidt Essay Prize (First Prize)

published Qiao, X. (2026). Becoming Myself: Transgender Authentic Selfhood in the Chinese Context and Transgender Self-Experience. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 47(5). DOI
published Qiao, X. (2025). From Silence to Song: True Self-Emergence Through Creative Mourning. Studies in Gender and Sexuality, 26(4), 318–330. DOI
published Qiao, X. (2025). Deprivation and disruption: The development of narcissistic vulnerability and toxic masculinity in some Chinese contexts. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context, 20(2), 237–253. DOI
published Qiao, X. (2025). Gaming the unconscious: The relational and social unconscious in a contemporary Chinese case study. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 8(1–2), 14–24. DOI
published Qiao, X. (2025). The role of social media in shaping mental health discourse: A case study of China’s psychoanalysis and counselling narratives. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 8(1–2), 115–125. DOI
published Qiao, X. (2024). Mother archetypes in Chinese cultural narratives: A psychoanalytic perspective. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, 7(1–2), 139–153. DOI

forthcoming Outstanding Trainee Paper 2026 Qiao, X. Ghostly Persistence: Disavowal, Remainder, and the Indigestible Queer Subject in China. Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health.
forthcoming Qiao, X. Self-Hollowing: Ghosts Within Ourselves. Psychoanalysis, Self and Context.
forthcoming Qiao, X. Oedipal Variations in Chinese Luoshan Motif. Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China.

invited Qiao, X. Confusion of Tongues in the Chinese Context. Psychoanalytic Inquiry (journal commission).
invited Qiao, X. Chapter in Radicalising Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Theories and Tools for Resistance (edited volume; proposal accepted).
invited Qiao, X. Article for special issue “Psychoanalysis, Politics, and Public Humanities.” Humanities.

professional Qiao, X. (2026). What School Are You? The American Psychoanalyst.
professional Qiao, X. (2026). Between Worlds: A Chinese Analyst’s Journey. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.
professional Qiao, X. (2026). The Inner Negotiator: AI as Transitional Object and Echo in the Treatment of Complex Trauma. APsaA Committee on AI Report.
professional Qiao, X. (2026). Murakami’s Traumatic Cities: When Time Stops in the Unconscious. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (Substack).
professional Qiao, X. (2025). Between Two Names. The American Psychoanalyst.
professional Qiao, X. (2025). The Shadow of the Dead Mother. The American Psychoanalyst.
professional Qiao, X. (2025). The Seen and the Unseen: AI’s Disquieting Impact. Room: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.
professional Qiao, X. (2025). AI Assisted Creation and Narcissistic Predicament. APsaA Committee on AI Report.
professional Qiao, X. (forthcoming 2027). Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the World Offer Personal Reflections on Psychoanalytic Training, Education, and the Profession [Chinese translation]. 万千心理.

2026 Understanding Chinese Subjectivity: Growth Rings, Psychoanalytic Development, and Clinical Implications. British Psychoanalytic Foundation (BPF) (forthcoming)
2026 Ghostly Persistence: Disavowal, Remainder, and the Indigestible Queer Subject in China. Invited talk, Journal of LGBTQ+ Mental Health
2026 Shidafu and Narcissistic Structure (士大夫与自恋结构). Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) (forthcoming)
2026 Cisteria! A Psychoanalysis Against Anti-Trans Panics. Pre-Conference Workshop, Division 39 Spring Meeting
2026 Roundtable. Room
2026 Cultural Sensitivity in Psychoanalytic Education. Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
2024 Narcissistic Vulnerability and Toxic Masculinity. Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
2021 Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Transgender Experience. Queer China UK
2017 Chinese Video Game Criticism Archive. Chinese DiGRA, Hong Kong

深海之家 PH 2.0 Psychodynamic Programme — Lecturer: Sexuality & Gender; Self Psychology Technique 2024–present
Freie Universität Berlin — Guest Lecturer, “Gender, Queerness and Culture in China and Latin America” Seminar 2026
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, PEP Programme — Guest Lecturer, Self Psychology 2025
ICPLA Psychoanalytic Training Programme — Interviewer/Admissions 2024–present

何苦开心 — WeChat public account; psychoanalytic writing for Chinese-speaking audiences (20K+ readers)
博雅精神分析 — Subscription-based psychoanalytic education platform (260+ paid members)
Chinese Psychoanalytic Scene (CPS) — Substack publication in English (850+ subscribers)
Published columnist — The Paper (澎湃新闻) and Initium Media (端传媒); psychoanalytic perspectives on games and culture
ROOM Podcast — Interview: “Gaming, Analysis and Identity in the Age of AI”
Active clinical practice as psychoanalyst